FLIP THE FROG (character)

Flip the Frog is an animated cartoon character created by animator Ub Iwerks (who was the genius behind the artwork for most of the early Mickey Mouse cartoons). He starred in a series of cartoons produced by Celebrity Pictures and distributed through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1930 to 1933. After the first two cartoons, the appearance of Flip the Frog gradually became less frog-like at the request of distributor MGM, and by 1932 he barely resembled a frog. Unfortunately, the character was not successful, and after all of Iwerks' other creations did not succeed, he had to go back to Disney, on Walt Disney's terms.